dispense

Meaning of dispense

noun
  1. Cost, expenditure.
  2. The act of dispensing, dispensation.
verb
  1. To issue, distribute, or give out.
  2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
    to dispense justice
  3. To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
    An optician can dispense spectacles.
  4. To give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.
  5. To compensate; to make up; to make amends.

Information about dispense

Hyphenation of dispense

dis-pense

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • dispense is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

dispense synonyms

Meaning distribute:

distribute, administer, deal, lot, allot

Meaning administer:

administer

Translation of dispense

Anagrams of dispense

piedness

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